Each guest receives a fully-assembled gingerbread house to decorate, whilesipping wine, enjoying fine hors d’oeuvres, and chatting with friends. Beautiful prizes, generously provided by Juliska and awarded for creativity and gingerbread ingenuity, add some competitive energy to the room.

Now a staple of the holiday season for many Fairfield County residents, this joyous event has grown to fill two locations and seats are filling up quickly, so be sure to reserve your gingerbread house today!

Tickets for the event are $150, and all proceeds support the mission of The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education. To register an individual or table of friends, please visit our website at www.thecenter-ct.orgor call The Center at 203-348- 9346.

Donations of used clothing and textiles will be reused, refurbished and recycled. The collection is a fundraiser for the Harris Project for programs centered around teen substance misuse and mental health challenges.

Environmental consultant, Langan, recently analyzed 52 more soil samples collected at one foot below ground surface and found that:
• 8 soil samples contained PCBs above the state Residential Direct Exposure Criteria
• 1 soil sample, taken at the eastern edge of the southern softball field had PCBs above the state Significant Environmental Hazard. That area will now be fenced off.

An interview with leaders of The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis and Education about their "Know Before You Go" (to college) talks with teens on the topics of sexual assault, consent, and risk reduction.

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Kids In Crisis is delighted to announce the launch of a new gift candle to help raise awareness and funding for the Agency’s vital 24/7 services for children. Kids In Crisis has collaborated with several retailers to sell the candles which cost $20.

During the Dec 4 Board of Selectmen meeting, the first to include newly elected Democrat Sandy Litvack, town attorneys Wayne Fox and Amina Ahmad provided an orientation that had a heavy focus on the Freedom of Information Act and executive sessions. Ms Ahmad talked about the difference between a special versus a regular meeting, requirements for noticing meetings, and who is responsible for compliance when multiple boards are invited to one meeting.